RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Technical Report: Coparent or Second-Parent Adoption by Same-Sex Parents
JF Pediatrics
JO Pediatrics
FD American Academy of Pediatrics
SP 341
OP 344
DO 10.1542/peds.109.2.341
VO 109
IS 2
A1 Perrin, Ellen C.
A1 ,
YR 2002
UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/109/2/341.abstract
AB A growing body of scientific literature demonstrates that children who grow up with 1 or 2 gay and/or lesbian parents fare as well in emotional, cognitive, social, and sexual functioning as do children whose parents are heterosexual. Children’s optimal development seems to be influenced more by the nature of the relationships and interactions within the family unit than by the particular structural form it takes.